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7.4' �u`' <br /> CHAPTER 320 <br /> TEE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS <br /> In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-five <br /> AN ACT AUTHORIZING CERTAIN NON-RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF <br /> LEXINGTON TO TAKE THE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSITION OF POLICE <br /> OFFICER, AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT <br /> THERETO . <br /> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in <br /> General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same , as <br /> follows : <br /> SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, of <br /> the charter of the town of Lexington, or of any ordinance thereof, <br /> a non-resident of said town may take the examination for the position <br /> of police officer in said town if otherwise eligible ; provided, <br /> however, that such non-resident shall have been domiciled in the <br /> commonwealth for at least one year next prior to the date of such <br /> examination. <br /> SECTION 2. If there is no eligible list established of appli- <br /> cants for such position, who have been domiciled in the town of <br /> Lexington for at least six months next prior to the date of such <br /> examination, the director of civil service shall certify from, and <br /> appointments may be made from, a list established of persons <br /> eligible to such position who were domiciled in the commonwealth <br /> for at least one year next prior to the date of such examination. <br /> SECTION 3. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the <br /> voters of the town of Lexington at the annual town meeting to be <br /> held in the year nineteen hundred and sixty-six in the form of. the <br /> following question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot <br /> to be used for the election of town officers at said meeting:- <br /> "Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen <br /> hundred and sixty-five, entitled 'An Act authorizing certain non- <br /> residents of the town of Lexington to take the examination for the <br /> position of police officer, and providing for their eligibility <br /> for appointment thereto' , be accepted?" If a majority of the votes <br /> in answer to said question is in the affirmative , this act shall <br /> thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise. <br /> House of Representatives, April 5, 1965. <br /> Passed to be enacted, John F. X. Davoren, Speaker. <br /> In Senate, April 6, 1965. <br /> Passed .to be enacted, Maurice A. Donahue, President. <br /> April 14, 1965. <br /> Approved, <br /> Lieutenant Governor, Acting Governor. <br /> Elliot L. Richardson <br />